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Somerset Council: Public Notices - March 4, 2026 | The Somerset Leveller | In Print & Online
1+ hour, 51+ min ago (60+ words) SOMERSET LEVELLER: Public notices published in edition 204, March 4, 2026: SOMERSET LEVELLER: Public notices published in edition 204, February 25, 2026: Somerset Council Parish of" SOMERSET LEVELLER: Public notices published in edition 203, February 18, 2026: Somerset Council Parish of" SOMERSET LEVELLER: Public notices published in edition 202, February…...
Plan to cut number of Somerset Council members from 110 to 96 revealed | The Somerset Leveller | In Print & Online
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (527+ words) THE number of representatives on Somerset Council is set to fall if new boundary changes are approved. Under plans put forward by the Local Government Boundary Commission (LGBC), the authority would have 96 councillors " a drop of 14 from the current 110. The…...
Appeal to be held over refusal of 20 new homes in village near Frome | The Somerset Leveller | In Print & Online
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (303+ words) THE refusal of plans for 20 new homes in Beckington, near Frome, has been appealed, with a date announced for the inquiry. On March 3, a planning inspector will consider the refusal in July last year of an application by Cotswold Homes…...
Somerset Council: Public Notices - January 28, 2026 | The Somerset Leveller | In Print & Online
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (70+ words) SOMERSET LEVELLER: Public notices published in edition 200, January 28, 2026: SOMERSET LEVELLER: Public notices published in edition 199, January 21, 2026: Local Government (Miscellaneous" SOMERSET LEVELLER: Public notices published in edition 198, January 14, 2026: Somerset Council Parishes of" SOMERSET LEVELLER: Public notices published in edition 197, January 7, 2026: Somerset…...
Black Lives Matter protests in Somerset in focus at Wells Cathedral exhibition | The Somerset Leveller | In Print & Online
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (435+ words) BLACK Lives Matter demonstrations that took place in London and Somerset will be the subject of an exhibition at Wells Cathedral which opens next week. The exhibition is part of a series of Resistance, Racial Justice and Reconciliation events planned…...
Somerset MPs meet minister in bid to avoid another council tax rise | The Somerset Leveller | In Print & Online
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (928+ words) SOMERSET MPs joined forces on Tuesday (January 13) to call for better funding for the county in a bid to avoid another huge rise in council tax. The representatives met with Local Government Minister Alison McGovern (Lab, Birkenhead) to call for…...
Somerset Conservative councillor defects to Reform UK | The Somerset Leveller | In Print & Online
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (256+ words) FORMER Conservative councillor John Cook-Woodman has defected to Reform UK, claiming he has been "impressed" by the party's leader, Nigel Farage. Cook-Woodman, who was a Cabinet member when the Tories ran Somerset County Council, has been a member of the…...
Somerset Council: Public Notices - January 14, 2026 | The Somerset Leveller | In Print & Online
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (71+ words) SOMERSET LEVELLER: Public notices published in edition 198, January 14, 2026: SOMERSET LEVELLER: Public notices published in edition 197, January 7, 2026: Somerset Council Parish of" SOMERSET LEVELLER: Public notices published in edition 195, December 31, 2025: SOMERSET COUNCIL Temporary Closure" SOMERSET LEVELLER: Public notices published in edition 194, December…...
OPINION: Going bust is not party political, it's just financial reality | The Somerset Leveller | In Print & Online
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (1591+ words) SOMERSET residents are facing another whopping increase in council tax. It is no secret the county authority " formerly Somerset County Council and from 2023, Somerset Council " is in financial dire straits. Rising costs of adult and children's social care, combined with…...